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ENCODED ANTENNA ARRAY AND METHOD

  • US 20140104041A1
  • Filed: 05/25/2012
  • Published: 04/17/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for identifying which equipment slots of an equipment enclosure have equipment components located in them when specific equipment components containing radio frequency identification (RFID) tags thereon are inserted into specific ones of the equipment slots, the system comprising:

  • an antenna system adapted to be secured to said equipment enclosure to span the equipment slots, the antenna system including;

    a plurality of elongated antenna elements arranged adjacent to one another and in relation to the equipment slots of the equipment enclosure;

    the antenna elements configured to wirelessly sense the presence of an RFID tag at any one of the equipment slots and to generate a plurality of different codes, with each said code being uniquely associated with at least a given one of the equipment slots, and being indicative of the sensed presence of an RFID tag at its associated said equipment slot; and

    a decoder system in communication with the antenna system for decoding the unique codes generated by the antenna system and determining which specific ones of the equipment slots that an RFID tag was sensed at.

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